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COMICS! |OT| June 2015. Alright fanboys, it's time to pick a side once and for all.
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Baron von Loathsome
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ViewtifulJC
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Calcium
Banned
The Jalapeño Cheetos are really, really good. I don't even like regular Cheetos, but I'll eat the Jalapeño kind. Flamin' Hot is decent.
Yikes, man.
That commercial.....should have been Blank Space.
Coriolanus
Banned
Tizoc
Member
It was OK, I've read more entertaining comic events personally =X
But I think after 3 years of crap events, it feel refreshing to have a good one. I liked Fear Itself but this blows it away.
Tyrant Rave
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I dunno, it's no Age of Ultron
LaunchpadMcQ
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You just talking Big 2? Cus The Valiant is probably the best event overall of the past few years.
BrightLightLava
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Justice League led me to the wikipedia page for Trinity War which led me to Forever Evil. That Lex/Bizarro story line got me right in my heart place. Rest of the story was pretty good. I feel like it didn't have the build up and execution of Johns' best events in Green Lantern, but it was pretty solid.
Now I back in to finish up the rest of Aquaman. He just went to his high school reunion, it was awesome.
Now I back in to finish up the rest of Aquaman. He just went to his high school reunion, it was awesome.
Serpentine
Banned
Lmao you really didn't like that Patreon huh
Poodlestrike
Banned
Finally got around to reading Midnighter.
I never much liked Stormwatch or The Authority, they just came off as... kind of mean-spirited in their deconstruction. This was different, though. This was just... human. Very much so, aside from the wacky technobabble in The God Garden. Loved the scene in the bar especially.
I never much liked Stormwatch or The Authority, they just came off as... kind of mean-spirited in their deconstruction. This was different, though. This was just... human. Very much so, aside from the wacky technobabble in The God Garden. Loved the scene in the bar especially.
Tizoc
Member
Oh if you mean Marvel particularly then I'd agree but as far as Comics in general though?
I've read more entertaining events =X
Yeah, just Marvel.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I meant just Marvel in my comment
Cavs game....is going well. No problems here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4i-BMwQH8
Got my team ready for the playoffs, nothing could go wrong. ^^^ language warning (i expect everyone to watch that so they know what i'm talking about. I'm not the crazy one here.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4i-BMwQH8
Got my team ready for the playoffs, nothing could go wrong. ^^^ language warning (i expect everyone to watch that so they know what i'm talking about. I'm not the crazy one here.)
Poodlestrike
Banned
Also read the first 5 issues of Lemire's GA run, that is to say, 17-22. Good stuff fur sure. The art, though, DAMN. They should be calling this the Sorretino/Maiolo run because the art and the colors are what's really making this for me. The story is decent, it's just massively overshadowed. I love the effect they do, where there's this little black and white mini-panel with one splash of color every so often, mostly used to highlight a part of the scene. It's something else.
Ah good. I'll definitely check it out then.
Has the recent Valiant comics stuff been pretty good then? I remember hearing good things about X-O Manowar, which I think is one of those titles.
Coriolanus
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Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers concluded.
got outsmarted by Lockjaw. Yes. Yeeessss....This was good.
Thanos
BrightLightLava
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The was great. Really created the atmosphere for the story, and made it better.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Recent as in the 2012 reboot? Yes.
Harbinger and Ivar, Timewalker are my favorite series, but as an event The Valiant was legendary. X-O Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, and The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage are very good, and very different from what I'm used to seeing from the big 2 (in terms of a shared universe, since most of those books aren't even cape books).
Yes, that one.
I'll have to add it to the list to check out then. At the very least, they seem to have been putting out deluxe hardcover collections of those series, which should make it easy to collect and read.
Edit: Although a lot of them seem to be out of stock online. I hope that isn't permanent.
anyone read The Sixth Gun?
needs to be an ongoing
at some point i need to do a huge Valiant read-through.
is there some reading list out there that maps out the best books and the resulting crossover/event?
needs to be an ongoing
at some point i need to do a huge Valiant read-through.
is there some reading list out there that maps out the best books and the resulting crossover/event?
I have and I'd recommend it. It's a great combo of the wild west with supernatural adventure . I've lost track of the recent issues, but I can definitely vouch for the first five. The same team also did a black and white series called The Damned that mixed noir, gangsters, and demons that was quite good.
BuddyJoeHooker
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I read the first volume and it was pretty good.
I plan to pick up the Deluxe HCs at some point in the future but they are pretty expensive for just 12 issues.
LaunchpadMcQ
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I know they're at the very least in the process of reprinting X-O Manowar, that being their most popular series. I'm not sure what the plan for the deluxe HCs is across the board, though.
I found this one which is pretty comprehensive and up to date within a few months. Most of the series are self-contained though, with the exception of perhaps Harbinger since Harbinger Wars is the other half of what happens; Bloodshot: Harbinger Wars is a sidestory that's pretty disconnected.
Most of them are pretty obvious, like X-O Manowar crossing over with Unity (the name of the tpb is "At War with Unity" lol) or Harbinger: Armor Hunters (not a part of the main series, haven't read it but I've heard it's skippable). The Valiant is standalone, basically; I don't read Eternal Warrior or Bloodshot but it's pretty obvious what was going on.
Honestly, I don't know if you can go wrong just picking any title from their lineup. I've heard nothing but good things about all of them, but X-O Manowar is their flagship title. It just depends on what you're looking for.
I guess just if you have any specific questions when you get around to it, just ask here; if I'm around I can answer, and I'm usually lurking even if I'm not always posting.
KoruptData
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Enjoying reading your impressions of all this stuff.
Oh, that's good to hear. Hopefully the same is done for the other ones. Could I pick up and read The Valiant without having read the other stuff? Thought that might be a possibly okay place to start.
TheDarkKnight774
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Golden State is losing this
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I hope neither team wins after this fuckball performance
Poodlestrike
Banned
Huh. Robert Queen looks an awful lot like pre-New52 Ollie.
my name is ed
Banned
You're not entertained by a Mosgov free throw parade?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yeah, The Valiant is designed to be a good starting place. It helps to know who all the characters are, since a lot of them are just in the background there and only a few of them get the spotlight, but it's totally readable on its own. I'm not sure it'll open you up to any of the other series, though - the characters it features heavily are Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, and Geomancer (she doesn't have her own book, she just kind of piggybacks on others), maybe Armstrong depending on your definition of featured. Most all of the other characters from other books are in there, as well, though.
That said, it is an incredible tale that I enjoyed thoroughly without having read Eternal Warrior or Bloodshot.
If you're into time travel hijinks or just want something completely different, I highly recommend Ivar, Timewalker. You also don't need any prior knowledge for that one. That book is a lot of fun and it's still in its first issues; the first trade came out back in May.
Oh man, I am not a fan of Bianchi's art in new avengers. I hope it changes after these 3 issues. I loved every artist other than Bianchi. They are all in Eptings shadow tho.
I can't believe I just seen that.
I can't believe I just seen that.
Coriolanus
Banned
Completing Gwent: High Stakes at lvl 18 #feelsgoodmang
Also JLA Classified: Cold Steel has no business whatsoever being as good as it is, given that the proposition for the tale most likely was "what if we put the JLA in mechas and had them fight...in SPACE?"
Also JLA Classified: Cold Steel has no business whatsoever being as good as it is, given that the proposition for the tale most likely was "what if we put the JLA in mechas and had them fight...in SPACE?"
Cavs got this?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
yea this is crap basketball..aka east conference ball so they got this